- Rhode Island High School Championships
An eight team
Rhode Island High School League existed from 1918-1929. Below is what is known about its champions:*Hope won 4 Baseball Championships
*Hope won 3 Football Championships
*Burrillville won the 1927 Baseball championship
*St. Raphael won the 1928 Class B Baseball championship
*Burrillville won the 1929 Class B Baseball championship
*Rogers won the 1930-31 Boys Basketball championship (Pawtucket won the regular season title, De La Salle the Conference A and Colt the conference B)tate Interscholastic Outdoor Track Meet Champions
* 1917- Hope
* 1918- Pawtucket
* 1919- Woonsocket
* 1920- Woonsocket
* 1921- Pawtucket
* 1922- Providence Technical High School + Pawtucket (Class A), Westerly (Class B)
* 1923- Providence Technical High School (Class A), Cumberland (Class B)
* 1924- Providence Technical High School (Class A), Westerly (Class B)
* 1925- Providence Technical High School (Class A), Barrington (Class B)
* 1926- Providence Technical High School (Class A), Barrington (Class B)
* 1927- Brockton (Class A), Warwick (Class B)
* 1928- Hope (Class A), Stonington (Class B)
* 1929- Providence Technical High School (Class A), Stonington (Class B)
* 1930- Hope (Class A), Stonington (Class B)
* 1931- La Salle (Class A), Warwick (Class B)
* 1932- Moses Brown (Class A), Warwick (Class B)Ice hockey
In 1926-27 the first Ice Hockey League was formed containing:
*Cranston
*Hope
*La Salle
*Mount Saint Charles, Rhode IslandA few years later, some other public schools joined to form an official league.
Cranston won the 1930-31 Interscholastic State and League (regular season) title while Mount Saint Charles won the Interscholastic Conference title
Rhode Island Interscholastic League
In the 1932-33 season, the Rhode Island Interscholastic League was formed with nine sports:
*Baseball
*Boys Basketball
*Ice Hockey
*Football
*Boys Tennis
*Boys Golf
*Boys Cross Country
*Boys Indoor Track
*Boys Outdoor Track
*In the 1953-54 Season, Wrestling was added
*Boys Swimming in 1959-60
*Boys Soccer in 1965
*Boys Volleyball in 1987
*Boys Lacrosse in 2001Rhode Island Division 1 Football Champions
Division I Football Championship Results
1972- Cranston East (6-0-1) Beat Woonsocket (6-0-1): 35-8
1973- Rogers (7-0) Beat Warwick Vets (6-1): 20-0
1974- Rogers (9-0) Beat Cranston East (8-0-1): 26-20
1975- Pilgrim (8-0-1) Beat Tolman (8-0-1): 20-7
1976- Rogers (9-0) Beat Hendricken (7-1): 22-14
1977- Rogers (9-0) Beat La Salle (9-0): 20-17
1978- Rogers (6-1-1) Beat Barrington (7-0-1): 28-7
1979- East Providence (9-0) Beat Johnston (8-1): 14-0
1980- East Providence (8-0) Beat Middletown (7-2): 16-14
1981- Hendricken (7-0-1) Beat Cranston West (8-0): 6-0
1982- Hendricken (9-0) Beat Lincoln (8-0-1): 14-6
1983- West Warwick (9-0-1) Beat Hendricken (7-2): 30-13
1984- St. Raphael (8-1) Beat Cumberland (8-0): 34-20
1985- Rogers (8-1) Beat Johnston (7-1-1): 14-12
1986- Rogers (9-0) Beat East Greenwich (8-2): 28-7
1987- Cranston East (7-2) Beat Rogers (7-2-1): 13-0
1988- Rogers (9-0) Beat East Greenwich (6-1-1): 14-0
1989- Rogers (9-0) Beat Woonsocket (9-1): 55-14
1990- Rogers (9-0) Beat Toll Gate (8-2): 24-0
1991- Portsmouth (8-1) Beat La Salle (6-3): 21-14 OT
1992- Portsmouth (9-0) Beat La Salle (6-3): 10-2
1993- Portsmouth (8-1) Beat North Kingstown (6-2): 24-19
1994- Hendricken (7-2) Beat Portsmouth (8-1): 17-14
1995- Hendricken (9-0) Beat East Providence (6-3): 26-12
1996- Hendricken (8-1) Beat Portsmouth (6-2-1): 26-21
1997- East Providence (9-0) Beat Hendricken (7-2): 26-0
1998- Portsmouth (9-0) Beat Hendricken (7-2): 14-0
1999- East Providence (9-0) Beat Hendricken (8-1): 12-6 OT
2000- La Salle (9-0) Beat Portsmouth (7-2): 36-33
2001- La Salle (9-0) Beat East Providence (7-2): 26-18
2002- East Providence (7-1) Beat La Salle (8-0): 35-21
2003- East Providence (8-0) Beat La Salle (7-1): 19-6
2004- Cranston West (9-1) Beat La Salle (8-2): 28-14
2005- Barrington (8-2) Beat La Salle (8-2): 28-7
2006- East Providence (7-1) Beat Hendricken (6-2): 35-13
2007- St. Raphael (8-0) Beat Hendricken (7-1): 8-6
Girls' sports
The earliest known Girls' Tennis tournament was the 1969 Singles Tournament. Unsure of the first year.
In 1970-71 Golf became a co-ed sport, with an individual Girls Golf champion being crowned for the first time
In the 1971-72 season, the following girls' sports were initiated:
*Girls Basketball
*Girls Cross Country
*Field Hockey
*Gymnastics
*Girls Volleyball
*Girls Outdoor Track
*In 1973 Girls Tennis crowned its first team champions, signifying the addition of Girls Tennis
*Slow-Pitch Softball in 1977
*Girls Soccer in 1983
*Fast-Pitch Softball in 1986
*Girls Indoor Track in the 1990-91 Season
*Swimming became the second co-ed sport in the 1991-92 season with the first all-girls postseason. Swimming remained a co-ed sport from 1991-92 to 1999-00. In 2000-01, Swimming was separated into a Boys Swimming individual sport and a Girls Swimming individual sport)
*Girls Lacrosse in 2001
*Girls Ice Hockey in the 2002-03 seasonhttp://www.rihssports.com/
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